the Yangtze 17 June 1904. , launched 5 November 1895, sold for breaking up 4 November 1919. , launched 19 November 1895, sold for breaking up 10 October 1919. (all built by Laird, Birkenhead under the 1895–96 programme) , launched 7 November 1896, sold for breaking up 7 January 1920. , launched 21 November 1896, sold for breaking up 7 January 1920. , launched 5 December 1896, sold for breaking up 6 October 1919. , launched 21 January 1897, sold for breaking up 7 June 1920. , launched 6 March 1897, sold for breaking up 17 March 1921. , launched 2 June 1897, sold for breaking up 1 July 1921. Express (built by Laird, Birkenhead as a steam-turbine powered "special" – under the 1896–97 programme) , launched 11 December 1897, sold for breaking up 17 March 1920. Orwell (built by Laird, Birkenhead under the 1897–98 programme) , launched 29 September 1898, sold for breaking up 1 July 1920. (both built by Laird, Birkenhead under the 1899–1900 programme) , launched 14 July 1900, sold for breaking up 1 July 1921. , launched 25 August 1900, sold for breaking up 1 July 1921. Success (built by Doxford, Sunderland under the 1899–1900 programme) , launched 21 March 1901, wrecked off Fife Ness 27 December 1914, becoming the first wartime destroyer loss. Palmers 4-funnelled group (built by Palmers, Jarrow, Spiteful ordered under the 1897–98 programme, three purchased under the 1899–1900 Estimates and the Kangaroo purchased under a supplementary programme for 1900–01) , launched 11 January 1899, sold for breaking up 14 September 1920. , launched 30 March 1899, sold for breaking up 30 August 1919. , launched 26 May 1900, rammed and sunk by SS Hambourn in the English Channel, 26 March 1917. , launched 20 December 1900, sold for breaking up 14 September 1920. , launched 29 December 1899 and purchased in July 1901, sold for breaking up 23 March 1920. Arab (built by J & G Thomson, Clydebank as a high-speed "special" under the 1896–97 programme) , launched 9 February 1901, sold for breaking up 23 July 1919. Cobra (built by Armstrong Whitworth, Elswick as a steam-turbine powered "special") , launched 28 June 1899 and purchased 8 May 1900, wrecked while on delivery voyage 19 September 1901. Palmers final group (steam turbine powered) , launched 9 October 1906 and purchased 3 May 1909, sold for breaking up 1 August 1919. , launched